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Sep 26, 2018 12:40 PM CST
Name: Monty Riggles
Henry County, Virginia (Zone 7b)
Do you ever wonder if you have too
Irises Region: Virginia Keeper of Poultry Cat Lover Garden Procrastinator
Thanks, Lilli. I am doing just that!

I went out to check irises, and I realized that Faithful and True has two increases growing! Hurray! Hurray!
I never noticed because the increases are small, behind the large fan and propped up next to a large rock. I checked plant buddies and fellow rebloomers Mariposa Autumn and Kind Candace, both no increases. As did Mariposa Autumn's other rhizome which is planted in a bed next to Earl of Essex. EoE no increases, but he is a much newer planting than MA.

Up by the downed fence, I noticed Acoma also has an increase sprouting, but only one! Both Golden Tiger and Beverly Sills had no increases either. I have given this bed a 'code' to remind me what bed it is. RP1BABSGT - Repurposed bed 1, Acoma, Bevery Sills, and Golden Tiger.

Lucy Doodle's increase in the rock garden (RCRDDLD - rock garden rock, Deborah Dances, Lucy Doodle) seems to be fine after I mistakenly broke off the very tiny increase from the mother rhizome.

I still need to plant those mums.... Sighing! but, they can sit in a container for awhile I suppose.

Y'know, this 'coding' I am writing down as a track for the irises in various beds isn't too complicated so far. I need to take ID pictures as well to make it easier to confirm where they are.

Here's a few examples of the beds with iris names tracked:
HBSS2ALC - hanging basket section, section 2, Anne Lowe, Cara (SDBs).

LSBBSBBP - L-shaped bed, blue section, Blackbeard(BB), Perfection.

TB1SDMMBE - Tire bed 1, Sharp Dressed Man, Micro Burst(IB), Epicenter.

RPBCSFT - Repurposed bed 1, Cherub's Smile, Full Tide.

PP1EWCE - Plastic pot 1, Edith Wolford, Cat's Eye (SDB).

And the list just continues on. I am also putting these 'codes' in the notes of my plants in my plantlist. Is this a good strategy? Sticking tongue out

Thanks for the awesome comments, y'all! Hurray!
TB 'Starting Fresh' blooming for me in May of 2022. It bloomed for a week and a half with nine buds.

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